10th April to 11th April 2002,
London, United Kingdom

Due to the success of our previous digitization events and the continuing growth in this field, SMi are once again organising this event to explore the latest developments of Command Battlespace Management. This conference will enable delegates to better understand the multinational joint digitisation environment.

Utilise this opportunity to explore the latest technological advancements in this subject area and fulfil your knowledge requirements in just two days. This conference will ensure that you are strategically placed to maximise the benefits of digitization and interoperability. And what's more you will profit from the experience provided by the international panel of military and industry experts. Just take a look at the speaker presentations detailed in this brochure to see how else this event will benefit your organisation.

11:00 Morning Coffee

11:20 A DIGITISED WORLD

Lex Bubbers is a retired Lieutenant Colonel of the Royal Netherlands Army (RNLA). Since 2001 he has been one of the directors of Reinforce Business Innovation, a company that focuses on information age transformation processes within the defence and public security sector.

An architecture-led approach to system development

Challenges for the effectiveness of digitization

NCW: Answers to new threats?

Nearby-Future directions

12:00 ROLF 2010

Professor Berndt Brehmer, Professor of Command and Control Decision Making, Vice President, Swedish National Defence College

14:40 AUSTRALIAN PERSPECTIVES ON JOINT BATTLESPACE DIGITIZATION

Systems engineering, architecture and supporting management processes required to support a JDS

Conceptualisations for a joint digitized system and its relationship to tri-service and joint requirements

Implications to command & control and new potential capabilities

14:40 JUNGLE DIGITIZATION

Major Jeremy Levine, Officer Commanding, Jungle Warfare Wing

The jungle environment and its effect on digitization platforms
· Differences between achieving digitization in jungle and other environments
· Effects of the jungle on digitization equipment and platform performance
· Raising tempo-difficulties for command and control in the jungle

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WHAT IS CPD?

CPD stands for Continuing Professional Development’. It is essentially a philosophy,
which maintains that in order to be effective, learning should be organised and
structured. The most common definition is:

‘A commitment to structured skills and knowledge enhancement for Personal or Professional
competence’

CPD is a common requirement of individual membership with professional bodies and
Institutes. Increasingly, employers also expect their staff to undertake regular
CPD activities.

Undertaken over a period of time, CPD ensures that educational qualifications do
not become obsolete, and allows for best practice and professional standards to
be upheld.

CPD can be undertaken through a variety of learning activities including instructor
led training courses, seminars and conferences, e:learning modules or structured
reading.

CPD AND PROFESSIONAL INSTITUTES

There are approximately 470 institutes in the UK across all industry sectors, with
a collective membership of circa 4 million professionals, and they all expect their
members to undertake CPD.

For some institutes undertaking CPD is mandatory e.g. accountancy and law, and linked
to a licence to practice, for others it’s obligatory. By ensuring that their members
undertake CPD, the professional bodies seek to ensure that professional standards,
legislative awareness and ethical practices are maintained.

CPD Schemes often run over the period of a year and the institutes generally provide
online tools for their members to record and reflect on their CPD activities.

TYPICAL CPD SCHEMES AND RECORDING OF CPD (CPD points and hours)

Professional bodies and Institutes CPD schemes are either structured as ‘Input’
or ‘Output’ based.

‘Input’ based schemes list a precise number of CPD hours that individuals must achieve
within a given time period. These schemes can also use different ‘currencies’ such
as points, merits, units or credits, where an individual must accumulate the number
required. These currencies are usually based on time i.e. 1 CPD point = 1 hour of
learning.

‘Output’ based schemes are learner centred. They require individuals to set learning
goals that align to professional competencies, or personal development objectives.
These schemes also list different ways to achieve the learning goals e.g. training
courses, seminars or e:learning, which enables an individual to complete their CPD
through their preferred mode of learning.

As a formal provider of CPD certified activities, SMI Group can provide an indication
of the learning benefit gained and the typical completion. However, it is ultimately
the responsibility of the delegate to evaluate their learning, and record it correctly
in line with their professional body’s or employers requirements.

GLOBAL CPD

Increasingly, international and emerging markets are ‘professionalising’ their workforces
and looking to the UK to benchmark educational standards. The undertaking of CPD
is now increasingly expected of any individual employed within today’s global marketplace.

CPD Certificates

We can provide a certificate for all our accredited events. To request a CPD certificate for a conference , workshop, master classes you have attended please email events@smi-online.co.uk